Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then justice will dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness will remain in the fruitful field.
- BSB Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
- NKJV Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
- NASB Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, And righteousness will remain in the fertile field.
- NLT Justice will rule in the wilderness and righteousness in the fertile field.
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Then justice will dwell in the wilderness and righteousness in the fruitful field. It matters because the Spirit's outpouring establishes justice and righteousness everywhere.
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With the Spirit poured out, justice and righteousness pervade both wild and cultivated land. The renewal is moral as well as material. This pictures the comprehensive transformation of the Spirit-filled age, where God's character marks His people and His world under the reign of the righteous King.
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- Isa 42:4He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
- Isa 56:6–8Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
- Ps 94:14–15For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
- Hos 3:5Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
- 1 Cor 6:9–11Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
- Titus 2:11–12For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
- 1 Pet 4:1–4Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
- 1 Pet 2:9–12But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
- Isa 60:21Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
- Isa 35:8And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
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